Shammi Kapoor Gets Phalke Award

This is one of those awards which carry a lot of weight. We are talking about the Dadasaheb Phalke awards, which are conferred by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy. This year’s recipient will include veterans Manoj Kumar and Shammi Kapoor. According to reports, an award function will be organised on May 4, which will also commemorate the 140th birth anniversary of Dadasaheb Phalke. Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt will be the chife guest on the occasion.
The academy is also planning to honour the late Prithviraj Kapoor as well and he will be presented with the Phalke Kalpatru Award and it is being expected that his children and grandchildren will be present on the occasion to accept the honour. Manoj Kumar will be conferred the Phalke Ratna Award, Shammi Kapoor the Phalke Legend Actor Award, and playback singer of yesteryears, Shamshad Begum with the Phalke Golden Singer Award. Among contemporary directors, Ashutosh Gowariker will receive the Phalke Memorable Commercial Film Award. The Dadasaheb Phalke Academy is an all India body which consists of 38 cine associations, which has so honoured more than 55 film personalities, including Sunil Dutt, Dilip Kumar and BR Chopra since 2000.